# MOO vs. LPMUD, Pueblo, etc

Mark R. Bowyer (mbowyer@uk.cv.com)
Fri, 14 Jun 1996 08:02:37 PDT

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    > From rj@eli.wariat.org Fri Jun 14 15:52:07 1996
    > Actually, the mass market doesn't even have the patience to figure out
    > DOS, so what's the difference?  They still call in geeks like us when
    > the want to set up a machine or learn how to do something.  Either
    > that or they just take the machine the way the dealer sold it to them
    > and ask the dealer when they have a problem -- the blind leading the
    > blind.  I see no reason why this gives Microsoft any advantage over
    > Linux.  The real truth is that the mass market still doesn't know
    > about Linux, but I suspect that they will before too much longer.
    > Remember, the internet was for geeks, even after Mosiac, until
    > Netscape came along.  Geeks like us were busy using ftp and archie and
    > telnet on dumb VT-100 terminals long before any GUI stuff was around.
    > The right packaging will make Linux attractive to the masses too: a
    > good start is to have dealers that will sell you a Linux box set up
    > and ready to go on the net, and those same dealers willing to hand
    > hold just like they do new DOS/W95 users today.

    My Dad wouldn't install Linux, even on a spare partition, coz he didn't want to
    bother learning it.  And he programs in APL and started in computers when they
    were still punching paper tape....

    >
    > Sorry for the comeback, but I see the MOO as a valuable tool on the
    > net, not just a toy or a game.  I see Linux as the ideal way for a
    > small corporation to put a moo up on the net, along with a web server,
    > ftp server, etc.

    SHHHHHHHHH!!  How am I supposed to convince people to buy and use Solaris on
    SPARC/Intel/PPC and Netscape servers if you guys are going to shout about
    Freeware like Linux, Apache, INN, etc on a public forum like this?????

    It's Anti-American not to make a profit, remember!

    Moredhel.